i read through both presentation as well as controller's report. but i would like to ask that you consider the families that struggle to make ends meet and consider the parents that work hard to keep a roof over their head and lights on and the families they have warm and safe here in san francisco. i would like you consider the parents that hold full-time jobs and take classes at city college to provide a better life for their children and raise families in this beautiful city. there's disabled seniors, on fixed incomes and immigrants that have found a home in this city. i would like to make sure we keep it affordable for them. and paying just a little more could end up costing folks a lot. there are a few points i would like to make. we support clean energy and support a clean energy program that provides jobs and community benefits. we are here to learn about more, about how this program will work in san francisco and the concerns

we have is with shell being the company it is, there are surrounding questions but also the number of jobs this would actually create, the roadway opportunities it would create. in closing i say we support clean energy. >> thank you. next speaker. i'm david zefger. i want to speak about clean power sf. it is about choice. as a resident of one of the 40 unit buildings that is separately metered, i don't have the option of putting solar on my roof because i don't owen my roof. however i want to sleep at night, knowing my electricity use isn't contributing to global warming. i feel this offers that opportunity. i want to address the issue of opting out. as a pg&e customer i had to opt out of being on the smart meter program. opting out ones that big a

deal. i didn't have that much trouble understanding it, knowing how it worked and i trust the san francisco p.u.c. to make opting out of this as easy as i trust pg&e to make it easy for me to opt out of the smart meter program, thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. henri wong. i'm a recent resident of san francisco. one of the reasons i decided to move to this city is things like clean power sf, which i'm strongly in favor of. as at least one representative of young people of my generation, i hope to speak for many like minded folks. climate issues are the issues of my generation. so it really weighs on me as i think about my own future. when i have this choice of choosing clean energy when

i'm given a pg&e bill i didn't have a choice in getting, it really makes me think that this is a forward-thinking city and a place i want to be in. so i want to just emphasize there are a lot of details. of course no legislation is perfect. of course not. despite the flaws clean power is the way to move forward. if you think about it and its place in this greater role, as your role here as government and role in our future, i think clean power sf is the way to go, thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi, second readings, thanks for the opportunity to speak with you. my name is john weiss. i operator a nonprofit technology mentoring program in bay view, hunter's point. we are creating the future workers for the new energy economy.

we teach people in the projects how to do solar energy installations and electric vehicle repair and bicycle repair. i strongly support clean energy in san francisco. i think that the city of san francisco has the responsibility to uphold and continue its reputation as a clean city. i think that the -- whatever criticisms there may be of this proposal, i would urge the supervisors to work with the architects of the proposal to resolve those criticisms, particularly to ensure that low income people are not negatively affected. so whether this proposal is the final answer or a kick-off, that is for the supporters and supervisors to work out but please do everything in your power as

soon as possible to ensure that san francisco continues to grow and be at the forefront of clean energy in america. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi, june brashears with the local clean energy alliance. i want to thank the sfs public utility commission and general manager harrington, supervisor campos, everybody who's worked so hard to getting us to this point of moving this clean power sf forward. as supervisor campos mentioned, it is not as ambitious and fully initially launching a build-out as a level that some of us had wanted but do see that this is the time to move forward and the only way we will get there. it will allow us to initiate the launch. our work not done but that will allow us to move forward to look at the programs that will get us the build-out and energy efficiency programs we need to meet our environmental

goals in san francisco. through the community voice program we can have programs like a tariff, the policy that got germany to go number one in solar, using a market mechanism we can only get to by using a cca in san francisco. that is the only way we will get to the jobs we are talking about. the clean energy alliance that did an analysis on jobs. we are looking at the renewal energy, about 1,000 jobs. this is how we get to job development in the city. there isn't another path. this is the pathway, this is the way we can move forward. i have heard a lot about choice. i was automatically enrolled in pg&e. i had no way to opt out, no matter how i scanned my mailbox or who i found, i had to too for their too risky, too costly program a long time that is risky for the most vulnerable in our

society, the children and all the low income communities we have heard from that aren't paying rate increases of pg&e with no option out and pg&e goes to fear mongering to keep a lock on the community. this needs to be addressed. this is the way. >> thank you, next speaker. >> hello, i'm will lowery, i'm with the sierra club. i'm a san francisco native who's lived here my whole life and starting a family here. that is my son, ki and wife isabella. i have an 8-month-old baby, as you see. i'm here to support his health and health of his generation and future generations on this planet. i have a letter, which i will submit afterwards, here it is. it is very important you strongly support approval of the clean sf program. this will create the foundation for hundreds of megawatts of local renewables and efficiency in thousands. the sfpuc and supervisor

david campos in dialogue with community advocates of clean energy and green jobs have put forward the board of supervisors the clean power program that would engage 30 megawatt start-up to prime the pump for unprecedented in-city build-out of renewable resources. previously a number of us wrote to you stating that -- i will read below. the gle ball crisis of collapse demands all communities rebuild local infrastructure on rock-solid foundation of strongly localized, strongly and renewable electricity and energy efficiency through employing large and able workforce required to construct and install that infrastructure within the next decade. worsening and extreme weather conditions and wildfires in the u.s. and high unemployment rates in california and nationwide have made it clear san francisco will take a strong leadership role in putting our community to work and replace outdated

fossil fuel with locally installed clean power as rapidly as possible. it is vital you strongly support this legislation. we have a broad range of support from environmental, xhaounlt and labor group. sierra, green peace, local exchange *, clean energy alliance, post carbon, bay localize, defense project, sf green, our seniors action, panthers, advocate.org, andrews and andrews, clean coalition, venl heights -- >> thank you. >> haight ash bury, wild and the san francisco newspaper and the bay view boom. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> that was very fast reading. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, i'm ms. vila. this is ki. i'm here to support green

power. the things i will be really happy to pay more for my energy bill. i don't have a lot of money. why, because i will be doing it for my son, for his future. i'm speaking long-term. unless you think climate change is a joke you will agree we need 100% renewable energy now. this will bring 100% renewable energy so iinger you to adopt this program. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. eric brooks, representing san francisco green party and local grassroots, our city. man, has it been a long ride and long road since 1999 when tom ammiano started this and we are finally getting it off the ground. the main thing i want to do

is thank supervisors kim, chu and especially supervisor ferl for the tough questions. * some of my colleague also grumble under their breath what is ferl doing, complaining about this program? i think what you are doing is actually vital to this program. the grassroots and environmental community groups you just heard that are supporting this program are supporting it because we are going to build, because the shell contract is a kick-start for the next five years of building 100 megawatts of renewables and efficiencies, putting 4,000 a year to work doing that and creating a boom for our economy, not a bust. if we were to roll out at the beginning of next year an expensive program that the rates are wrong and scary to customers or if we were to roll out a program without making clear what

they were getting into, that would make clean energy incredibly unpopular. we do not want to see that happen. so it is because supervisor ferl you are asking the right questions that we are going to get a god program. i would reiterate what staff said, which is if we get to rate-setting time next year and this program doesn't look good, believe me, the coalition pushing clean power sf will be ringing your phone first, supervisor ferl. saying you know what? we should bring rate-seting to board and put a hold on this until it is ready to go. we do not want a bad program to roll out and make clean energy look bad. that is where it is at. actually i appreciate your tough questions. thanks. >> thank you. stacy renecius, anglo king, even nguyen, cd workman, michelle meyers. >> good afternoon, my name is brook turner with

coalition for better housing. although cdh certainly supports clean energy, we have a few concerns about this legislation. first of all, the opt-out provision is always a bad one, in our mind. it would be much better for us if we were able to opt in. regardless of the efforts to get the word out, i think property owners of any kind in san francisco, some of which will be caught not knowing or not aware of the fact that they have opted in by not opting out. regardless what i understand is that the owners are going to pay more. they pay more as per mr. egan's brown pg&e tax. if they don't opt in. our concern is there is no

provision for owners that have a single meter to pass through any cost whatsoever of their energy. just like water if it is a single meter onto tenants. not that that pass through, so to speak, is for recouping the cost but it motivates people to use less. as was discussed during this hearing the price of energy and water is important to the end user deciding how much they will use. we'd like to see a small portion of the increase required by this able to be passed on to tenants. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, joshua arsa with bright line. i want to say i think you have learned through this process, it's been a long road. a lot of us have worked on this a long time.

work by supervisor campos, puc, lafco advocates, a lot of folks in the room. let's recognize the goals. we have a plan to be in a 100% clean energy city. it is a goal we have task forces come around. that concept and how to get there. this is a pathway through this program. another benefit is you look at that. was slashed and already run out of money. this is a way to get money back into this, which i think is a good thing too. there was talk about jobs, obviously. jobs may not be there on the front end but there is a path to get there and to get to jobs. that is a component of this plan. so the other hat -- i wear a hat as a new member of the commission on environment. we have our very talented

staff, director and staff here who i was reminded that we have an outreach team at san francisco department of environment. it is called the environment now. it is bilingual, might be a way to tap into the outreach in a multilingual way and maybe save some of the money dedicated to consultants instead get into worker's hands. i just want to say monday the policy committee of commission on environment, we passed a resolution supporting program. >> thank you. >> if i may, madam chair, i wanted to ask a followup question. in terms of -- can you just briefly talk a bit about the reasoning why the -- there was that support. >> yes, supervisor. the commission i have been on a week, two weeks maybe, week and a half, there had been a longstanding goal of getting to a 100% clean city at the department, at

the commission. a program like this has been long-stated as a way to get there, 100% clean energy. we looked. i don't know all the history. i see fellow commissioner king to el laoum nate a little. we also highlighted it is a goal to create jobs. we think within this it may take time but those were 10%. approximate >> thank you for your two weeks of service so far. >> hello, supervisors. stacy renexis. i'm a san francisco native and lifelong entrepreneur. my companies, dan lynn solar corporation and power trees services have constructed over 20 megawatts of solar, including over a megawatt of solar for tenant occupied properties here in san francisco serving over

1,000 so far. i urge you to support clean power. it is a terrific market demand generator. i can tell you directly being the person directly employing and hiring people that this program will generate jobs, opportunity and will help clean our environment and combat climate change. we are presently constructing over five megawatts of energy storage within the city of san francisco. and have over 10 multiunit buildings presently committed to supporting electric vehicle charging and additional solar. we do look forward to opportunities with the clean power sf program to help enhance that and grow that further. that is one example of the kinds of opportunities that can be brought to this city as a result of this kind of program being on the horizon. i do encourage you to approve it and move it forward, thank you.

>> good afternoon, supervisors, i'm dee dee workman with the san francisco chamber of commerce and a resident of district nine, pg&e rate payer, representing over 1,500 local businesses and resident owners and employees. we are very concerned about the impacts of the clean power sf program on san francisco businesses, residents and the local community. community choice aggregation was originally designed to inject competition and generation of electrical power. the goals were to drive prices down, maintain rate stability, provide over half the power load from renewable sources and find a supplier for a long-term contract. this contract ensures none of those goals. rates for electricity charges will increase. this is a short-term contract that creates no green power, results in net

loss of jobs in san francisco. all the liability rests with the taxpayers. while it is well intended and we appreciate the hard work that's gone into this we feel like it is not ready to go. and clean power san francisco does not represent or reflect goals of community choice aggregation program. the san francisco chamber of commerce urges you to table this item and send this back to the sfpuc, thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, even nguyen, director of the san francisco energy cooperative. we are a brand-new organization that started up aimed at community ownership of green power, funding green power on community buildings. we are a membership organization. the reason why members support us is because they believe in movement from grass roots and every little bit makes a difference. you guys are politicians, you know the politicks in

many ways is the art of possible. this is not perfect, not everything we want out of a cca but really does make a small difference towards a goal that is so far away. we have such a long road to walk towards energy independence and transitioning away that any bit can make a huge difference. the larger mission is really to popularize the idea of community ownership, to make it so that everybody sees that they can have a hand in owner their energy future. that is the real difference green power can make. the first technology that makes it available to take ownership back from the huge corporations, to change from a top-down to grassroots to decentralized model of green energy. though the cca is only a step in that direction, that is crucial so i urge you to support clean power sf and help us take that crucial step. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker.

>> my name is walter pope. i am a member of the sierra club here in the bay area. i think that the position of the sierra club is generally known now so at best i could just give a general outline to what the see rear club is standing for. the main thing i think is considered what are the dynamic long-term perspective versus a static short-term narrow scope, myopic view of this issue. the world is in a transformation, we can see that. that is, of course, obvious. an economic crisis and also an unprecedented global change in the n environment. this is a very optimal program. first of all in terms of just the benefit cost ratio in the long term it is

going to generate jobs. even in the short term. that would be good. these are new jobs, new technology. the challenge is we have something technically feasible but is politically feasible. do we have thought forms and institutions that block the way? the summit is not an easy climb so i would like to say altogether again is that we have the courage to go forward and adopt the power plan. thank you. >> thank you. i have no other speaker cards in front of me so if there are members of the public who wish to speak on these two items but have not yet please line up against the wall. otherwise these will be the last two speakers. >> thank you. >> my name is michelle myers, director of the local chapter of the sierra club. i have to follow walter

pope who so poet kli the issue at hand. we have been working on clean power a decade * and know we need something to carve the carbon emissions, improve air quality and reduce dependence on dirty fos it is fuel. we have gone through a long road of advocacy. supervisor campos, jason freed from lafco and members of the p.u.c. who have gone with us and and challenged us to look at things we didn't want to consider, like the contract with shell and things we know we really needed and we needed to start this program. we need to start this program now. we have waited long enough. it is time to move forward and create clean power to be a program that now in its beginning is simple. we buy clean energy and sell clean energy. it will create financing mechanisms and help us develop the program we want, which is empower people that want jobs, that

want the skills to be competitive in the job market. these are green jobs, new economy jobs we have talked about for a long time, now we want to deliver. i'm not here to sell you shell energy, i'm not. i'm here to get a program off the ground that is so much more than that. supervisor ash land, if you don't know him, he passed away, was a champion for this issue in marin. since that was my bell i will speed it up. marin clean energy is a program up and running and is very successful. after their first year they managed to pay off all the people that initially loaned them the money to start the program, because banks would not. now they have a program -- the purchase program for 972 kilowatts of rooftop power from the san rafael airport. this is where the jobs come in, is when you actually build clean, renewable energy within the city. so i urge you to support this legislation. move it forward and keep watching and help us shape it into what we know it can

be. >> thank you. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is janine new, director of the san francisco apartment absorb eyesing. i'm here to express our opposition to cac. we believe and after sitting through an hour and a half hearing i believe even stronger that this is a system setting up robbing peter to pay paul. looks like higher costs. going from one corporate bad guy to another. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> while everybody is talking about producing renewable energy over time, once again i want to put another plug in for refunding the go solar program. i want the city to double down on money that is paid for in terms of training folks to do those kind of

installations. i know because i know a lot of people help do outreach to get people into the programs. so, you know, those programs are, you know, ready to go now. triple line benefit. you know, you get people working. somebody gets to save on their energy bill. and we reduce some carbon footprint and put more energy in the grid. if we be found money to pay for this program, i hope we can find money to be able to refund go solar because there are people interested and very disappointed it is not there. in addition want you to consider additional programs for new multifamily developments such as electrical terminals for electrical cars. perhaps policy around solar

for a new development on coming, some kind of recertification. multifamily development. i don't understand why anything coming out of the ground at this point in time doesn't have that so thanks. thank you. next speaker. if there are any other members of the public that wish to speak, line up. otherwise this will be the final speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thanks for the chance to speak. my name is hunter stern, a resident in san francisco and business representative with ibw1245, representing utility workers throughout central and northern california. more important, that is 18,000 strong. but more importantly our members work for the utilities, ibw members who work for the sfpuc and pg&e in san francisco of course. but also 30 other utilitis

in northern california. most importantly we have a viewpoint unique. i won't say all-seeing but very broad. we have fundamental concerns. not with the attempts. i think the fair and honest attempts to implement it since 2004 here in san francisco, it is with a contract with shell energy. obviously we have heard impacts in san francisco itself. it is a net job loss. still a job loss but more importantly to us, members who work to generate power in northern california and to know where that power goes, most does not go to shell energy, most goes to customers and residents here in the states so shell has to purchase their electricity. not all but a good part from outsi